Rough Sleeping Minister

^ Nickie caught up with Eddie Hughes MP, Minister for Rough Sleeping, and Petra Salva, Director of Rough Sleepers at St Mungo's.

MP for the Cities of London & Westminster, Nickie Aiken, is working to secure more powers, resources and services to end rough sleeping, not least by repealing the 1824 Vagrancy Act.

Nickie welcomes the £750 million fund this year to tackle rough sleeping and homelessness, including the £203 million investment in the Rough Sleeping Initiative, which is almost double last year’s budget.

On Wednesday, I was joined by Eddie Hughes MP, the Rough Sleeping Minister, and spent the evening with Petra Salva and the outreach team at St. Mungo’s to show him more about the brilliant work they’re doing.

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